A major CEO publicly said she’s open to an AI agent taking a board seat and noted Logitech already uses AI in most meetings. That leap from note‑taking to formal board roles would force decisions about fiduciary duty, liability, decision authority, and data access for non‑human participants.
— If companies try AI board members, regulators and courts will need to define whether and how artificial agents can hold corporate power and responsibility.
BeauHD
2026.01.12
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Both items concern the institutionalization of AI as quasi‑human actors inside firms: Sternfels’ counting of '20,000 agents' is an early operational move toward treating agents as organizational actors, the same structural shift that the existing idea flags when companies consider AI agents for formal governance roles (board seats). The article supplies an on‑the‑record corporate quote (McKinsey CEO) that shows firms are already operationalizing agentic roles, which is directly connected to questions about giving agents formal institutional status.
Tyler Cowen
2026.01.08
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JPMorgan’s reported move to cut ties with proxy advisors and replace them with AI to help cast shareholder votes is a concrete example of AI encroaching on corporate‑governance decision making—an instance of the broader idea that AI will take on formal governance roles.
msmash
2025.10.16
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Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber’s remark: 'I’d be open to the idea of having an AI‑powered board member... that bot, in real time, has access to everything.'